managing you as assistance projects in eastern europe -- u.s. assistance projects in eastern europe. she received her bachelor degree in colorado. don't you love that all of them have colorado connections? [applause] she was married to fill upphiliy and they have five children. please welcome liz. >> thank you. thank you very much. it is such an honor to be here, and such an honor to be here in the presence of such wonderful, strong women. i was sitting here listening to donna and laurie talk about mitt romney. it just struck me the difference of the kind of human being who does everything he can in any circumstance to make things better and the man who currently in have is the oval office, who seems to take every turn to avoid the crisis and find someone to blame. we have all seen what happens after four years of that kind of leadership. you know, i think as a mother of five, three of them daughters, as someone who comes from a long line of strong women, and i know that most of you know my mother -- my great-great grandmothers, i am sure that some of you in this room have a similar

mcconnell and john boehner are sincere that they do not want to see u.s. government default, they have to compromise, just like democrats have to compromise. i have shown myself willing to compromise. >> the president continues to insist on raising taxes. they are not serious about entitlement reform. to solve the problem for the near and in the immediate future. i want to get there. i want to do what i think is in the best interests of the country. it takes two to tangle. they are not there yet. >> this will take political capital on both sides. i am willing to take my fair share of it. let's step up and do the right thing for the country. host: what is going on behind the scenes? guest: so much. they having meetings. he goes down to the white house. they have a meeting on the patio off the oval office. boehner is having merlo and having a cigarette in the president is having ice-t and chewing a nicorette. they start the process. politics intervenes. the politics is the president cannot control the democratic party and boehner cannot control the house republicans. it is fascinating to